KUALA LUMPUR: The Senate today passed the Bill to amend the Federal Constitution in line with the provisions in the Malaysia Agreement (MA63) with a more than two-thirds majority.
Forty-nine senators voted in favour of the Bill in a bloc voting after the second and third reading, while five others were absent.
Senate president Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim said the bloc voting was done as Article 159 of the Federal Constitution stated that such a Bill shall not be passed unless it has been supported on the second and third readings by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the Senate.
He said no senators voted against the Bill on both readings.
On Dec 14, the Bill was passed at the Dewan Rakyat, also with a more than two-thirds majority. — Bernama
More to come
